Ngita 's BestNetTech Comments

Latest Comments (54)

• On the post: NJ Cops Are Suing To Protect Their Exclusive Right To Keep Their Data Out Of Data Brokers’ Databases

  

  Ngita ( profile ), 26 Nov, 2024 @ 07:50pm

  The telephone company that sold data to the non us broker is probably under US law. The real estate company that sold data to the non us broker is probably under US law. Google that sold data to the non us broker is probably under US law. The company that sold satellite photos to the non us broker is probably under US law. The problem Is not in the broker who packaged it all up and resold it, even is he used so called anonymised data, which loses any anonmosity once combined into other sets, the issue is all this data is happily gathered, sold and resold to who ever wants it.

• On the post: NJ Cops Are Suing To Protect Their Exclusive Right To Keep Their Data Out Of Data Brokers’ Databases

  

  Ngita ( profile ), 26 Nov, 2024 @ 07:12pm

  Sad state of affairs

  When even the president of the police benevolent association does not know how the US works. Maybe stuff like this and the issues with how much public accessable data gives on military bases they will actually add general privacy laws. Sadly it will probably end up in more specific carve outs.

• On the post: Judge: Just Because AI Trains On Your Publication, Doesn’t Mean It Infringes On Your Copyright

  

  Ngita ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2024 @ 07:17pm

  What if they did not use a computer

  They read lots of things, then they thought about things , then they wrote something. Lock them up!!!, How can they possibly write something that not a copy of my work after reading my work.

• On the post: Facial Recognition Firm Announces Way To Punish Retail Workers, Shoppers For Forming Relationships

  

  Ngita ( profile ), 06 Nov, 2024 @ 07:59pm

  My preferred supermarket is 90% self checkout. But I happily join the line for the click and collect checkout ie the old person line which is mainly staffed by a quick and cheery woman in her 40's. I dont think she has given me a discount even once despite 100's? of times using her checkout, in my 60's I am frequently the youngest in the queue. Note there Is a bigger and newer version of the same supermarket 1 block away without a click and collect line.It has a few very busy manned lines I rarely go there...

• On the post: Dear Jeff Bezos: The ‘Hard Truth’ Is That Cowardice Like Yours Is Why People Don’t Trust The Media

  

  Ngita ( profile ), 29 Oct, 2024 @ 03:37pm

  45 years ago my father was telling me. Don't trust the press, don't trust reporters to accurately quote you. sorry its got nothing to do with Bezos.

• On the post: Aussie Gov’t: Age Verification Went From ‘Privacy Nightmare’ To Mandatory In A Year

  

  Ngita ( profile ), 10 Sep, 2024 @ 04:27pm

  They are at least not united on this. On 1 channel someone government adjacent is saying the age verification technology is immature and lays out at least 3 other reasons to not go ahead. Then on the other you have some doctor with 6 daughters pontificating how bad media is for children without using a single fact/study etc, just talking about how evil it is. Unfortunately the first channel is commercial and the second tends to say exactly what the government wants them to say. The timing makes me suspicious they will link this to a digital ID ie no internet unless you "log in"the last time they tried to bring In a id it got voted down.

• On the post: Publisher Of ‘Carcassonne’ Sends C&D Notices Over Use Of The Word ‘Meeple’

  

  Ngita ( profile ), 19 Jun, 2024 @ 04:07pm

  Its there's until they lose a court case over it. Since the original usage is pretty well documented even if Alison is not, I am pretty sure as a non lawyer, they would lose. but trademark cases are not cheap.

• On the post: Grandma’s Retweets: How Suburban Seniors Spread Disinformation

  

  Ngita ( profile ), 03 Jun, 2024 @ 03:33pm

  Boomers

  Boomers are not 58, they are not even 59. If the average age Is 58 they are mostly x I am not a fan of how boomer is just becoming a generic name for older people.

• On the post: Taxing The Internet To Bail Out Media Won’t Solve The Fundamental Problems Of The Media Business

  

  Ngita ( profile ), 23 May, 2024 @ 04:31pm

  Tax credit

  Somehow posted. The term “tax credit” refers to an amount of money that taxpayers can subtract directly from the taxes they owe. This is different from tax deductions, which lower the amount of an individual. But this seems like a straight tax, not a tax credit from the description.

• On the post: Taxing The Internet To Bail Out Media Won’t Solve The Fundamental Problems Of The Media Business

  

  Ngita ( profile ), 23 May, 2024 @ 04:21pm

  Tax credit

  I thought I was misunderstanding the meaning of tax credit, but random google seems to agree with me.

• On the post: Moderating Eating Disorder Content Is Harder Than You Think

  

  Ngita ( profile ), 18 Mar, 2024 @ 04:38pm

  And isn’t it more common to be unhealthily overweight than underweight? wouldnt that depend on your definition of unhealthy? there are probably more people overweight then underweight.

• On the post: Moderating Eating Disorder Content Is Harder Than You Think

  

  Ngita ( profile ), 18 Mar, 2024 @ 04:20pm

  There is no relatively quick and easy number which can be arrived at where a naturally lean but healthy person is not on the unsafe side and someone with at least a marginal ed issue is on the technically safe side

• On the post: Homicide Rates Hit Another Historical Low Despite What You May Have Heard Pretty Much Everywhere

  

  Ngita ( profile ), 07 Jan, 2024 @ 03:11pm

  While the chart could be better designed if you wanted that data in deeper detail it seems to display it. I am surprised how consistent the police are, Do they have monthly quotas to fullfill? Ok guys we have our 100 for the month try not to kill anyone till the end of the month. December/January might be interesting but I don't believe US has the equivalent of the Aus xmas+summer holiday break where even on Monday the 8th the roads had almost no traffic at 7:30am.

• On the post: Does Elon Grok The Trademark Issues With ‘Grok’? AI Chip Company Groq Does

  

  Ngita ( profile ), 15 Nov, 2023 @ 03:14pm

  while I am a fan of Heinlein references, it has in this case been done. Maybe they should have gone with Deep Thought or Marvin,pretty sure this more a Marvin level of thinking rather the computer that solves the ultimate question of life and everything.

• On the post: How The Lack Of Copyright For AI-Generated Works Actually Works To Writers/Actors Advantage In Strike Negotiations

  

  Ngita ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2023 @ 03:43pm

  The entitlement is the other way around, The default is works enter the public domain. copyright assigns a limited right to keep stuff out of the public domain for a strictly limited time.

• On the post: Dude Who Wants Copyrights And Patents On AI-Created Works Loses In Court Again

  

  Ngita ( profile ), 24 Aug, 2023 @ 05:22pm

  The precedent he is trying for is he can have his ai produce many pictures and then claim them as his, No future problem where someone can say look this was produced by AI you dont have a copyright. If he had just claimed this picture or series of pictures as his, chances are nothing would have happened. But he would not have a precedent.

• On the post: Preservation Fail: Hasbro Wants Old ‘Transformers’ Games Re-Released, Except Activision Might Have Lost Them

  

  Ngita ( profile ), 03 Aug, 2023 @ 11:23pm

  Given Blizzard was notorious for loosing the original version of Naxx it would not surprise me. hmm while It was "common" knowledge 10-15 years ago I can't find a single link to back it up.

• On the post: Delta Airlines, Washington Post Call For The Federal Government To Create A No-Fly List For Unruly Passengers

  

  Ngita ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2022 @ 02:25pm

  If the airlines had a perfect record on this I might be happier. But given they are happy to call the police on people who disagreed with being kicked off so the airline could deadhead their own staff I dont think this is something airlines should have in their power.

• On the post: Analog Books Go From Strength To Strength: Helped, Not Hindered, By The Digital World

  

  Ngita ( profile ), 13 Feb, 2022 @ 07:55pm

  Re:

  If a Empl burst wipes out my books and movies I probably wont have a job, or money in the bank or even much money in my pocket. I keep a couple hundred buck for tips, cash only that I top up once every couple of months, otherwise its all card.

• On the post: Analog Books Go From Strength To Strength: Helped, Not Hindered, By The Digital World

  

  Ngita ( profile ), 13 Feb, 2022 @ 07:49pm

  Re:

  You don't have to dust ebooks. You dont have to worry about moving a 1000+ ebooks in boxes every Time you move. I have moved perhaps a dozen times in my adult life. Generally if I go on holiday for a few weeks I might go through a dozen books Funnily enough, I generally do take 1 paper book when I go on holiday, Paper beats ebook for sitting on beach/by pool.It is also better for a coffee table book. But if all you are doing is buying mass market paperbacks, meh give me a ebook anytime A new paperback is like $20 Aus, a new ebook is $7 Aus or rent on kindle for almost free.

Next >>